A recent survey of nearly 1,500 college basketball fans revealed the best mascots in the sport.
The audience was asked to rate the 70 mascots from the schools whose men’s basketball programs have made the most NCAA tournament appearances. Since Indiana, UNLV, Illinois and Michigan don’t have official mascots, they were excluded from the list.
Texas’ ‘Hook ‘Em’ was rated the top mascot in the Big 12 and landed among the top 10 overall. Oregon’s ‘The Duck’ owns the No. 1 spot overall, and one other Big 12 program landed within the top 10.
The survey also rated the worst mascots in college basketball, and Big 12 foes Oklahoma State and Kansas State were mentioned towards the tail end of the rankings.
College basketball fans were also asked which mascot they would invite to a child’s birthday party. Oregon, Alabama, Houston, Xavier and Butler’s mascots were chosen.
Here’s a look at the top college basketball mascots as voted by the fans from time2play’s survey.